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Originally Posted by jezzeaepi
Does soaking do anything to degrade the card?
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Hi Jesse,
Though cards that have been soaked certainly can and will receive high grades (both from hobbyists and third-party grading companies) it's worth mentioning that some collectors consider soaking to be a form of altering a card. Not on the level of trimming, coloring, erasing marks, etc, but still a form of alteration, in some people's minds.
So even though the card isn't degraded, there still are collectors opposed to soaking. Not as many as those who condemn other forms of alteration, obviously, but there are collectors who think that soaking a card is wrong.